Stove-truck.



No. 659,l33.

(Ho llodalJ' Patented Oct. 2, I900. G. W. CHURCH.

STOVE TRUCK.

(Application filed July 28, 1899.)

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, W4 w W No. 659,!33. Patented Oct. 2, I900.v G. W. CHURCH.

STOVE TRUCK.

(Application filed July 28, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. CHURCH, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

STOVE-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,133, dated October 2, 1900. Application filed T i115 28, 1899. Serial No. 725,407. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CHURCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Painesville, county of Lake, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stove Truck and Lifting Machines, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to a device used for lifting and removing stoves or other heavy objects standing on legs or supports holding the main body but a few inches from the floor.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, ready, and effective means for removing stoves from place to place or from one room to another in and about the premises on which they are located.

The invention consists in the construction of the d evice hereinafter described, and pointed out definitely in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of the specification, Figure 1 represents a top view of the machine lowered, showing the arrangement of the various parts and the application of' the leverage or lifting power to the machine for the purposes hereinafter described. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine with the platform lowered, the machine being in form for insertion under the stove or other object to be removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the power applied, showing its position when in use and supporting its burden.

Similar letters relate to similar parts in the several drawings.

It is a well-known fact familiarto most persons that the removal of stoves in both fall and spring to and from the places where they are used constitutes one of the chief torments of house-cleaning and preparing for winter, often involving great loss of time, much inconvenience, confusion, and dirt, as well as lifting and straining by themembers of the household and neighbors. By the use of my improved device stoves can be quickly, easily, and cleanly moved or removed by any person of ordinary intelligence, and without the use of other tools Whatever, with the expenditure of very little strength and no straining of the back or muscular system, the mode of use and application being as follows: The machine when in lowered position, as shown in Fig. 2, is backed under the stove and between the legs thereof. By pressing down on the lever or handle D the power secured by the fulcrum at g g is applied through the spread hinged arm 0, bolted from side to side to the center of the forward lifter-bolster B at f to the lifter-bolster B B, hinged by bolts or axles passing through the platform A and G at b b from side to side, so they play freely from a flat to an upright position, (see dotted lines it h in Fig. 2,) and the movable platform A is forced upward and against the bottom of the stove, the base and legs thereof not being detached therefrom. By continuing the application of this leverage-power the lifterbolsters B B are raised to a perpendicular position, as shown in- Fig. 3, B B carrying the stove, base, and legs upward with it to an elevation suflicient to remove supports from the floor, the stove resting firmly and securely on the truck. The hook E is then inserted in the eye F and holds the movable platform A and its burden so the bolsters B B cannot move backward, while the cross-sections of the platform A, Fig. l, at a a prevent their moving forward the combination so made, holding all rigid and in position. The lower or stationary platform of the truck G is provided with a wheel on either side H, at the rear, and a caster-Wheel I in front, swiveled by bolt and bolster at J. The manipulation above described has brought the lever to the handle position shown in Fig. 3,

D, by which the whole machine and its burden can be easily and quickly drawn or backed to any place or position desired, the casterwheel I enabling it to be turned at the will of the operator. On reaching the place of deposit the hook E is released from vthe eye F, the operator gently raises the handle or lever D, the truck resumes the position shown in Fig. 2, and the stove again is supported by its base and feet.

By removing the bolt K the handle can be lifted out and. detached and the truck, if the stove is to be stored, left under it out of the way and ready for instant use by reattaching the handle when required.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A stove truck and lifting machine, consisting of a main platform or frame mounted upon wheels, a pair of lifter-bolsters swingingly mounted between the frame, an auxil- ICO iary platform carried by the upper ends of auxiliary platform and adapted to connect said lifter-bolsters, a pair of hinged arms with an eye carried by the main platform. pivoted upon each side midway of the rear lifter-bolster, a handle pivoted in the rear of GEORGE CHURCH 5 the frame and having one of the free ends of Witnesses:

the hinged arms swingingly connected there- M. EUGENE OROFOOT, to, and a hook connected to the rear of the JULIA M. TRAVER. 

